Help me not to buy cigarettes today

[Tweetypie27]

I’ve give up smoking I’ve got a vape a good one I haven’t smoked since yesterday. This is so hard I really want one I want nothing more.
Im 36 and need to stop now I smoke up to 20 a day sometimes my skin has gone rubbish my hair is snapping my teeth have had better days.
my only reason for quitting at the moment is vanity and I’ve promised my children they keep nagging me to stop and their scared I will die young.
I know all this I know it’s bad for you but will I always miss it ? My morning coffee and fag my pudding fag I want to stop so much but I feel like something js missing will this go ?
Im avoiding the shop today I will buy some if I go in there today the worst bit is sometimes the man even gets my fags for me before I even ask lol it’s terrible I feel like I can’t go in if he does that I will have them help me see the benefits

Keep going! I'm 7 years clear now and don't miss it at all. (this time....the first time I gave up I lasted 2 years)

The hardest ones for me were what I called my 'punctiation marks', so the mid morning break and after dinner. I had a few things that helped. I learned to crochet squares. Once I had the hang of that I would pick up my crochet until the craving past. I also upped my water intake by sipping it when I thought about smoking. And I took a really good Vitamin B complex.

After a couple of weeks I woke up with a clear head and realised I had been living with a foggy, sludgy low grade headache for years. That was a real turning point for me.

Another one who gave up with Alan Carr's Easy Way. I was on 20/25 a day, and it was affecting my health and my finances. I've been smoke free for three years now and I can honestly say I hardly ever think of cigarettes. I feel like a non smoker, vaguely baffled by the fact I ever smoked.
It's also meant that I can afford to retire early, as I was spending thousands a year on cigarettes. And hopefully I'll have a few more years of retirement to enjoy.

This is interesting to be honest I never feel on top form especially in the mornings I feel sluggish and foggy. I did manage to sleep last night which was surprising as I thought I would have insomnia from it but I didn’t. I hope it improves me over all health. I’ve walked the dog today and I did feel slightly better and wasn’t getting our breath so much on the hills.

That’s amazing well done you all the quit stories are inspiring.

I do waste a lot of my time smoking and most of the fags I smoke I don’t enjoy the only one I liked was the one after I ate and the morning one. All the others were just by default really.

My parents used to smoke my mom gave up at 30 my stepdad at 44 they both came to see me this morning. My stepdad said if I still smoked I would be dead now hit home.

@LaFemmeDamnee You are so right about smoking being a thief of time. I used to be always thinking when I could take the next fag break. I remember nipping out of cinemas to go for one. Every course of every meal was punctuated by one. It is so good not to be beholden to cigarettes any more.

Another health benefit @Tweetypie27 is I remember one day rushing around and when I looked in the mirror my cheeks had this red-ish, nice, glowing flush to them! I remember feeling really pretty and realising how dull the smoking had been making my skin

You will sleep better. I've heard this said by many who have stopped.
It may be to do with increased oxygen in the blood and better circulation?
So the benefits so far...

More money 👍
Better skin 👍
Smell nice 👍
Better sleep 👍
Better breathing 👍
More energy 👍
Shake off illnesses easier 👍
Not stressing about not being able to smoke 👍
Better life quality 👍

You've already benefitted from the first five. 😁
Keep going, you will get there 💪

Thanks guys still going strong ended up at hospital with my little girl who has Strep A I did want a cigarette I was so worried and anxious today but didn’t do it it. I am proud of me and jsur hoping she’s better now with antibiotics went downhill very quickly today.
I already feel less breathless today.

I am watching your post each day. You should be very proud. Pat yourself on the back. You are free from tobacco. Well done.

You should be so proud!

You're in mourning, might as well mourne your loss. Its a big deal. As my friend said when she stopped as a result of a cancer diagnosis, "I've had my fun". So your coffee and cig, pudding cig, that was your fun, but now you've grown up. Fun is now living well. Feel sad about it if that's how you feel, you can still quit.

Well done you.
I hope your little girl is feeling better.
Remember when you wake up in the morning, it's a whole new smoke free day.
You can do this 💪

When I was giving up I kept a pot of old fag buts in a jar of water and made myself smell it when I wanted one. It was rank.

Just adding up the savings would help too.

WOW.

You did it. You coped with a really stressful situation without a cigarette, well done you.

I hope your DD never needs to be in hospital again but that should be a motivator, if she was in for a few days you would be with her, not outside puffing away.

Well done. That's amazing

I have got through that horrible night she was burning up but I’m still smoke free I’m so proud of myself.

Ask your doctor to prescribe champix.

No cravings. I stopped taking this several years ago. It was easy and I've never wanted a cig since.

I'm still here....stay strong.

I’ve noticed my skin looks a little better now didn’t think I would notice anything yet.

Thankyou I seem to struggle more with mornings then evening afternoons aren’t so bad but I feel this morning is better then yesterday morning so gradually day by day bit by bit I’m getting there. Just wondering when I will actually stop wanting a cigarette and dreaming about them haha.
my partner has actually hardly smoked and he went outside and shut the door last night and this morning but he only had two last night and one this morning. I think because I’m not smoking he’s hardly smoking which is good for us both.
He is a builder though so smoking at work all day but he said he’s cutting down.

That’s great! I was wondering how you got on and the others, I think there are 3 people who’ve quit on this thread.

It’s funny how you get involved in a thread isn’t it and really want people you’re never gonna know to do well! And we all want you to do well.
Sounds like you’re keeping strong, try not to think about them too much, don’t give cigarettes the power.
If a though comes, acknowledge it and let it flow on. You don’t have to do what a thought says, it’s just a thought it’s not real.
You are giving yourself the gift of freedom.
Freedom to stay in the hospital and not need to be outside for a fag.
Freedom on long flights.
Freedom to spend your money on other things.
It’s realising how much an addiction controls you, it let it go, you can do it.
Have a think about how your weekend might be, any stressors or potential triggers. But it’s often the littlest thing that can throw you so have something to do or someone to call when that happens.
Brilliant about your partner, some jobs it definitely more difficult to quit because of the environment you’re in.
Keep thinking -
Why not me
😉🌟

@Serenitespring Thanks so Much for that such motivating words!
I’m amazed I’ve done this I always made an excuse or came up with a reason. What motivated me was having a miscarriage January 3rd and I was admitted to hospital and saw a few people on oxygen in A & E then one guy went for a fag on oxygen. I remember thinking that’s just a level I can’t comprehend being that addicted on oxygen and still smoking but I know that could be me and I don’t want it to be me.

I think stupid things like well you could get hit by a bus just smoke enjoy yourself that’s one side of my brain and then the other side is saying well you might not get hit by a bus you might have 40 more years and still smoking but old and really ill or 50 and telling my kids I have lung cancer and I caused it.
At least I’ve given myself the best chance. My auntie died of lung cancer from smoking her skin was actually the colour of tar she smoked that much and I don’t want that to be me.
I deserve better then what I have given to myself by smoking.
After the Miscarriage which smoking may have caused I promised myself I would protect my body look after it as I lost so much blood I thought I would die.
I feel strong I feel I’m giving myself a gift it’s hard it’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done but I’ve given myself this present the best present.
Im not moody I’m not crying like I’ve done on past quits I don’t know why I’m not.
I need to do this there’s no going back now.

So kind how are my fellow quitters going now ? Let me know we’re in it together!

@Tweetypie27 I'm good so far. I tend to fall down when I get stress so triggers are my toddler melting down, DH melting down or baby screaming because he's tired and refusing to sleep.

I have been now puffing on my lost Mary's and taking myself out of the situation a bit and vaping so I get a bit calmer !

It's been 7 days since my last smoke (why do I feel like I have joined a AA thread saying that 😂😂) and my partner has also quit thank god because it's hard to stop when others are smoking.

Anyone else use the fact it's cold outside as a incentive to not smoke ? I for one hate being cold so that's been boosting my non smoking vibes !

I also love the freedom from thinking when will my next smoke be. It's so so freeing.